The soldier’s leather belt with a brass buckle with a stamped large five-pointed star (for the Army and Air Force) or the Admiralty anchor (for the Navy) according to the statutes was worn over tunics, pea-jackets and overcoats.
The buckle is a slightly curved rectangular plate with an embossed stamped image of the Admiralty anchor and a five-pointed star over the anchor shaft. In the center of the star there are the hammer and sickle on the background of the faceted sunlight coming from the center of the star.
On the reverse side of the buckle there are two steel brackets for fastening to the belt and adjustment to its length, as well as a hook (clasper) for the catching (response) part of the belt.
The anchor is the symbol of belonging to the Navy.
The golden is the color of generosity.
The five-pointed star is the emblem of the Soviet Army, an ancient symbol of protection and power.
The crossed hammer and sickle is the symbol of the unity of workers and peasants.
The five-pointed star with the hammer and sickle is the symbol of the final triumph of the ideas of communism on the five continents of the globe.
The beams of golden rays symbolize the shine of the sun of freedom and the triumph of communism.
It served both as a part of the uniform and a military equipment .
In the field, the pouches for automatic and machine gun magazines, a flask, a bayonet, a gas mask, a small entrenching shovel were attached to the belt.
In modern conditions the outfit is worn in the tactical vests, so there is no functional need for a wide waist belt anymore.
The belt remains a part of the ceremonial (full-dress) uniform.
The belt as a weapon is a traditional element of the arms of a Russian warrior for more than a thousand years.
The belt fighting techniques present in many martial arts. A belt is characterized by a small time of combat application (to unbuckle, to take the buckle with the left hand, to wrap in one turn around the right hand and to take with the right hand so that the “tail” looks forward and is pressed to the hand by the part of the belt ended with the buckle).
The closest weapon in the art of combat is the one-handed flail.
A belt with a massive buckle has the best combat performance.
In accordance with the Rules of Wearing of the Uniform of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the waist belt with buckle of the corresponding corps is worn over the greatcoat, leather jacket, sheepskin jacket, coatee, full-dress uniform, over the trousers while wearing a uniform or flannel shirt, and over the warm padded jackets for particularly cold weather.
The waist belt over the pea-jacket is worn for parades, ceremonial meetings, reviews, while moving in order on the shore and when in daily duty.
Over the coats of sergeants, soldiers and conscript sailors, students of military and naval academies, cadets, students of Suvorov and Nakhimov schools, and military builders the waist belt is laid back under the half-belt, at the front it must be overlaid between the fourth and the fifth buttons.
On the full-dress uniforms, the waist belt must overlaid between the third and the fourth (on the coatee – between the fourth and the fifth) buttons.
The waist belt in all cases is tightly fastened with a buckle, which is located in the middle of the body.
The pleats on the uniforms are to be smoothed.
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A metal buckle (thin brass) of the waist belt of the ranks, non-commissioned officers of the Soviet Army and military students.*
* Note: on all the photographs the image of the buckle is presented in the “storage and transport” condition (conservation in wax paper), since in the mode of use the surface of the buckle is polished to a high gloss and does not allow to make pictures because of the high specular reflection.
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A metal buckle (thin brass) of the waist belt of the ranks, non-commissioned officers of the Soviet Navy and military students.*
* Note: on all the photographs the image of the buckle is presented in the “storage and transport” condition (conservation in wax paper), since in the mode of use the surface of the buckle is polished to a high gloss and does not allow to make pictures because of the high specular reflection.
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Details
A metal buckle (thin brass) of the waist belt of the ranks, non-commissioned officers of the Russian Army and military students.*
* Note: on all the photographs the image of the buckle is presented in the “storage and transport” condition (conservation in wax paper), since in the mode of use the surface of the buckle is polished to a high gloss and does not allow to make pictures because of the high specular reflection.
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Details
A metal buckle (thin brass) of the waist belt of the ranks, non-commissioned officers of the Russian Navy (VMF) and naval students.*
* Note: on all the photographs the image of the buckle is presented in the “storage and transport” condition (conservation in wax paper), since in the mode of use the surface of the buckle is polished to a high gloss and does not allow to make pictures because of the high specular reflection.
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